A Trader Enters into a One-Year Short Forward Contract to Sell

question 5

Short Answer

A trader enters into a one-year short forward contract to sell an asset for $60 when the spot price is $58. The spot price in one year proves to be $63. What is the trader's gain or loss? Show a dollar amount and indicate whether it is a gain or a loss. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Definitions:

Output

The total amount of goods or services produced by a company, industry, or economy within a specific period.

Kinked Market Supply

A theoretical market supply curve where firms face a discontinuous elasticity of demand at different prices, leading to price stability within a certain range.

Producer Surplus

The difference between what producers are willing to sell a product for and the actual price at which they sell it.

Market Supply Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity supplied of a good changes in response to a change in price.